319 - WAR OF THE COLOSSAL BEAST
(1958; NR; 68m)

a.k.a. REVENGE OF THE COLOSSAL MAN (alternate)
a.k.a. THE TERROR STRIKES! (England)

sequel to 309-THE AMAZING COLOSSAL MAN

Shown with Short: 319S-Mr. B Natural

Ad: "The Towering Terror From Hell!"

Ad: "SEE a Sixty Foot Giant Destroyed...in Color!"

Video Ad: "The electrifying sequel to The Amazing Colossal Man"

Video Ad: "Seventy feet of towering terror threatens Los Angeles and only one woman can bring the creature to its knees"

Plot: Giant Glenn's worried sister finds him in Mexico, but he later escapes, meeting his demise near the Griffith Observatory.

Exec: Samuel Z. Arkoff and James H. Nicholson
(both/*309-Amazing Colossal Man; 311-It Conquered the World; 313-Earth Vs. the Spider; 315-Teenage Caveman; 317-Viking Women; 701-Night of the Blood Beast; 806-The Undead; 807-Terror from the Year 5,000; 808-The She-Creature; 809-I Was A Teenage Werewolf; 912-The Screaming Skull; H01-The Day the World Ended)
Prod/Dir: Bert I. Gordon (309; *210-King Dinosaur;
313-Earth Vs. The Spider; 411-The Magic Sword; 414-Tormented;
517-Beginning of the End; 523-Village of the Giants)
Scr: George Worthing Yates (313/414; Earth Vs. The Flying Saucers)
Sto: Bert I. Gordon (309/411/523)
Cin: Jack Marta (313/517; Cat Ballou; The Girl in the Woods)
Ed: Ronald Sinclair (309/313/317/808/H01; 503-Swamp Diamonds)
SFX: Bert I. and Flora Gordon (309/313/414/517/523)
SFX M/U: Jack H. Young (The Cyclops; The Wizard of Oz)
ADir: Walter Keller (313/517; Bedlam)
Set: Maury Hoffman (809; Twist Around the Clock; Winter A Go-Go)
Asst Dir/PMgr: Herbert E. Mendelson (411; She Devil)
Asst Dir: John W. Rogers (313; pmgr/The First Time)
Asst to Prod: Henry Schrage (309/313; Attack of the Puppet People)
Sound Mixer: Ben Winkler (808; Glen or Glenda)
Score Albert Glasser (*309/313/315/317/414/517; 409-The Indestructible Man; 602-Invasion USA; 611-Last of the Wild Horses;
arr/201-Rocketship X-M)

Joyce Manning / Sally Fraser (*311/313; Giant from the Unknown)
Major Mark Baird / Roger Pace
Glenn Manning / Dean Duncan Parkin*
Glenn's voice / Paul Frees (voice/617-The Sword and the Dragon;
804-The Deadly Mantis; dir/scr/*415-The Beatniks)
Dr. Carmichael / Russ Bender (*309/311)
Sergeant Murillo / Rico Alaniz (The Siege at Red River; Green Fire)
John Swanson / George Becwar (423-Bride of the Monster)
Miguel / Robert Hernandez (The Third Voice)
Captain Harris / Charles Stewart (The Line-Up; War of the Worlds)
KTLA newcaster / Jack Kosslyn (309/*313/411; Empire of the Ants)
Mrs. Edwards / June Jocelyn (*315/309/313)
Dr. Richardson / John McNamara (Slaughter on Tenth Avenue)
Mexican doctor / George Navarro (The Americano)
correspondent / Bob Garnett (313)
KTLA TV announcer with mike / Stan Chambers
(Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man)
medical corps / Howard Wright (313; Louisiana Hussy)
army officer / George Alexander
bus driver / Bill Giorgio (313; Attack of the Puppet People)
Health & Welfare Dept? / Hal Torey (313; Invisible Invaders)
General Nelson / George Milan
(1003-Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders)
switchboard operator / Warren Frost (guest/TV's Perry Mason)
comforting cop / Merritt Stone (*313/411/414)
mayor / Roy Gordon (320-The Unearthly; Titanic; Boom Town)
Bob Tetrick (313; Suicide Battalion; Noose for a Gunman)
Raymond Winston (The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit)
June Burt (Young and Dangerous)
Rod Dana (How To Make A Monster)
Loretta Nicholson
Mary Hennessy

Trivia: Just like in 522-TEENAGE CRIME WAVE, this movie's climactic end happened at L.A.'s Griffith Observatory. Others scenes were shot in Bronson Canyon, which was also used for exterior shots in the filming of 107-ROBOT MONSTER; 210-KING DINOSAUR; 311-IT CONQUERED THE WORLD; 315-TEENAGE CAVEMAN; 317-VIKING WOMEN; 404-TEENAGERS FROM OUTER SPACE; and 701-NIGHT OF THE BLOOD BEAST.

DEAN DUNCAN PARKIN only starred in two movies: Gordon's THE CYCLOPS, which was made in 1955 before, but released after, 319-WAR OF THE COLOSSAL BEAST. (Note that he did not appear in 309-THE AMAZING COLOSSAL MAN). Duncan also was help behind the scenes in 517-BEGINNING OF THE END...he was a grasshopper rangler!

Last Updated: 6/21/1999